Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“He was an overeager puppy and she was an aloof cat, and he was bound to get his nose swiped at least once or twice.”

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About by Isabelle Popp

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I was reading another book and it hit a highly dramatic bit, and I was not in the mood for it. So, I pivoted to the next book on the physical pile on my end table and thus, Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About became my Sunday read (and my Cannonball book). I’m glad it was because this romance featuring the human equivalents of an over-eager golden retriever and a reticent to trust black cat was exactly the wavelength I was on.   Sadie Fox agreed to come home to Pea Blossom, Indiana, to care for her father’s beloved pumpkin farm while he tends […]

“The world isn’t built for the needs of disabled kids quite yet. Until it is, we must work hard finding creative ways to get things done & make life fun!”

The ABCs of Disabilities by Sean Gold

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When you’re speaking to directly to an audience of mostly children, especially ones who either can’t read independently yet, or are just learning to read, it’s understandably easy to fall into a lot of simple traps.  A lot of picture books I’ve encountered are either too babyish or too preachy, too oversimplified or not simplified enough; Many times it feels as if some authors have not interacted with an actual human child in their own recent memory, because they speak in ways kids don’t speak, […]

Amazing Blackfeet Thriller!

Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell

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This book was so incredible. If you liked The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, Looking for Smoke goes hand in hand as another novel where a teen girl has to figure out what is happening in her community. Looking for Smoke follows Mara Racette, recently moved to the Blackfeet Rez in Browning, Loren Arnoux, whose older sister went missing three months earlier, Brody Clark, who has a crush on Loren and the joker of their friend group, and Eli First Kill, whose biggest concern is […]

Delightful Baking Competition Romance

Love at 350° by Lisa Peers

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This ended up being a really cute, fun romance. Tori is a single mother, a chemistry teacher, and a home baker. When her twins sign her up for American Bake-o-Rama, she is hesitant but then sees it as an opportunity to prove her abilities and skills, most especially to herself, and if she wins she can take the prize money to finally start the bakery she’s always dreamed of. Kendra is a well-renowned chef but her restaurant of the heart, Gamma Rae’s, isn’t doing as […]

“Whichever story you believe, my mother, Chang’e, became immortal. As did I.”

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

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A child of the Moon Goddess, and an immortal herself,  Xingyin grows up on the moon, with just her mother & their family servant/long time companion. For the most part, the three of them are happy, if isolated. Xingyin senses a grief in her mother that she can’t quite explain, and within herself she feels a growing sense to reach out … for something more. She can’t label it, and her mother has warned her against reaching for it, but the pull towards that other […]

I Don’t Care What Anyone Says, This Is Not a Romantic Comedy

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

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CBR 12 Bingo: Debut I’m still on my kick of wanting to read witty, contemporary romance, but honestly I’m starting to wonder if I have the same definition of “witty” or “funny” as other people. Just like The Hating Game and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, reviewers describe Sarah Hogle’s debut novel You Deserve Each Other as witty, funny, laugh-out-loud, etc. The thing is, witty banter and teasing, or even teasing that goes a little too far, are very different from being mean, and Naomi […]



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